WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW Entering the second half of 2026, geopolitical tensions are increasingly crystallizing into structural constraints around semiconductor controls and access to critical minerals, with implications likely to outlast near-term diplomatic momentum. Agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as a cybersecurity threat that can operate faster than existing defense architectures are designed to handle, accelerating vulnerability discovery in legacy critical infrastructure systems … Continue Reading
Ray and Jim speak with Lisa Curtis and Ryan Claffey on U.S.-Japan-Philippines trilateral cooperation, the First Island Chain’s strategic importance, evolving defense and economic ties, political risks and how coordinated…